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this would be public sector managers, government employees at high levels, ministers, the prime minister -- [inaudible] and, of course, folks very high up in the regime including their own family. the point is that these networks, or the point of the book is that the state business networks exist in every society. even in the united states. they are usually, usually not always, but usually corrupt and they siphon off a awful lot of money. however, in some areas, some countries there are checks and balances. much more so than others. and in a place like syria, these checks and balances were not consistent to prevent these networks that operate anywhere in the world from actually running the economy into the ground. >> so could you give some examples, number one, of this network that you talk about in the u.s., how it exists? >> in the u.s., for instance, after the invasion of iraq one of the major construction or reconstruction quote unquote ventures was, you know, commissions, somehow, or given somehow to various corporations that are very much in touch or close to or part of the network
this would be public sector managers, government employees at high levels, ministers, the prime minister -- [inaudible] and, of course, folks very high up in the regime including their own family. the point is that these networks, or the point of the book is that the state business networks exist in every society. even in the united states. they are usually, usually not always, but usually corrupt and they siphon off a awful lot of money. however, in some areas, some countries there are checks...
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but i would blame the government most of all for that initial reaction. >> thank you. yes. >> yes, personally don't think we should have gone the middle east in a war for any reason, but bush had to have his war. the russians failed, the british failed. don't you think we started all these clans and these factions -- haven't we stirred them up by starting these things we did? can you comment on that? >> comment on how we can -- >> well, not on -- well, you kind of tried to say what we could do, but didn't we serve all this stuff up anyway going into iraq? >> oh, yes, yes. >> the clans, the factions. if the british couldn't do it and the -- what made us think we could do anything? >> you know, it's -- everyone thinks they can do it better. everyone thinks they have the right answer because they have history as a guide, and often times it's proven to be a mistake. that those forces that made it so difficult for the british and the french have also made it difficult for the americans and the russians, and so forth, and i remember during self episodes of u.s. direct involv
but i would blame the government most of all for that initial reaction. >> thank you. yes. >> yes, personally don't think we should have gone the middle east in a war for any reason, but bush had to have his war. the russians failed, the british failed. don't you think we started all these clans and these factions -- haven't we stirred them up by starting these things we did? can you comment on that? >> comment on how we can -- >> well, not on -- well, you kind of tried...
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>> from his own government. a government had now changed. he was under orders from the vichy government, which was -- >> german controlled. >> yeah, friendly to the germans. but there was, it was more than orders. because if gensoul had said okay, i like the british in this war, we want to fight the nazis, and given to the ships over to the british fleet, that would've violated the agreement between the french and the germans, and then hitler would've said you violated the agreement, now i can do anything i want. and he had a million and a half drenched prisoners of war. he could've made slaves out of all of them. he could've dismantled factories in france. so gensoul was in a very, very tough place. he radioed his own admiralty and said what can i do? they said, we will send reinforcements from france, stall for time. those messages were interrupted, or intercepted by the british and decoded. so churchill knew what was going on. sommerville kept telling him, i have deadlines, i have deadlines community tell me what you're going to do. genso
>> from his own government. a government had now changed. he was under orders from the vichy government, which was -- >> german controlled. >> yeah, friendly to the germans. but there was, it was more than orders. because if gensoul had said okay, i like the british in this war, we want to fight the nazis, and given to the ships over to the british fleet, that would've violated the agreement between the french and the germans, and then hitler would've said you violated the...
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where i will mispick with government -- nitpick with government regulators, i sometimes think they are a little too cautious. we haven't gotten approval on e-cigarettes and they should be healthier than regular cigarettes and they're dragging their feet. on real clear science we like to link to the best science news, the best science analysis. and that is, that's what we do. and so we try to put aside the partisan bickering and focus on what is good science and what is good science policy. so read major science journals, read the ab abstracts, those are good things to look at. and, you know, when you look at a position like gmos, which side do you trust? the american medical association, the national academy of sciences, the world health organization among many others, or do you trust peta ask and the environmental work withing group, groups that are for the most part anti-gmo and anti-technology. always look which groups side with the technology. genetically-modified foods. so my final thoughts, i'm not into keep l scores essentially. my book is not a response to chris mooney's book.
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was really very hotheaded about the subject as he lived with it and he was persona non grata with the government. in fact, they had sent a journalist to this church. >> when he was in south africa and the guy warned him to get out of the country. he said you are going to end up getting locked up. and so he fled and he fled to israel. the next thing you know we have this book. i said how do you compare the two? he said they for example, when he took someone from his church, this black man that was part of the church board, they could need even eat in the same restaurant. he couldn't go in with the church pastors to have lunch. they had to get lunch and said it and be it in the car so they could be together. very much like the deep south before the civil rights movement. you know there is nothing like that in israel. in fact, the judge, one of the judges that made the decision as to the former president of israel being jailed for sexual assault was an arab. there are ebbs in the knesset. there are arabs everywhere that are both pro-israel and not pro-israel but they are actively involved in the co
was really very hotheaded about the subject as he lived with it and he was persona non grata with the government. in fact, they had sent a journalist to this church. >> when he was in south africa and the guy warned him to get out of the country. he said you are going to end up getting locked up. and so he fled and he fled to israel. the next thing you know we have this book. i said how do you compare the two? he said they for example, when he took someone from his church, this black man...
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there's been governments in persian speaking on the plateau going back. it's on the caspian and of the gulf of the greater of middle east. it has central asia on one hand. this regime may have trouble yet transform itself and it may be overthrown but there will always be iran. saudi arabia is more tenuous. it's the creation of a family. it's not synonymous with of the arabian peninsula. there are -- they've always had trouble keeping them in line being more cosmopolitan, so you know, in iran is very strongly institutionalized. it's not a one-man -- it has different centers of power that or against each other and a complex bureaucratic border. again the gift of the iranian plateau and the. i would say that our brand strategy has to be that the u.s. has been estranged for the third of the century between 48 and 72. at some point and this is what they think about there has to be the u.s.. does all of iran support the nuclear program but it's unclear all of iran supports nuclear weapons, you know, there's a distinction so the critical factor is what do we nee
there's been governments in persian speaking on the plateau going back. it's on the caspian and of the gulf of the greater of middle east. it has central asia on one hand. this regime may have trouble yet transform itself and it may be overthrown but there will always be iran. saudi arabia is more tenuous. it's the creation of a family. it's not synonymous with of the arabian peninsula. there are -- they've always had trouble keeping them in line being more cosmopolitan, so you know, in iran is...
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this, as far as i know, started in england, and it's very effective in england bought the government got involved in addition to the book sellers, and it really got well-organized to the point where basically every kid in the country get money to go in and buy a book, and the bookstores sort of, you know, price them in a nice way. this won't be as big yet, but i think we're giving away a half a million books. >> right. >> it's a start, and you know, once again, we just -- what we really need more than anything else is for the government to wake up or the various governments whether it's going to be handled at -- whether you're states person or a federal person, it's got to be dealt with somewhere, and education same thing. i mean, we're not figuring it out right for some reason. >> let me ask you on a personal note, were you a strong reader as a kid? >> i was a strong reader, a very good student, but i was not a big reader. >> when did that -- >> i grew up on comic books. >> did you? >> yeah. >> when did the book thing start? >> the book thing, really -- and i was a good student, but
this, as far as i know, started in england, and it's very effective in england bought the government got involved in addition to the book sellers, and it really got well-organized to the point where basically every kid in the country get money to go in and buy a book, and the bookstores sort of, you know, price them in a nice way. this won't be as big yet, but i think we're giving away a half a million books. >> right. >> it's a start, and you know, once again, we just -- what we...
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that's aufplt no government -- that's all. no government involvement. an arms length transaction with these country. you know where we'll end up? fewer jobs in america, fewer exports to africa, fewer businesses working on that continent. some people say why did you pick africa? of all the places. you could have picked asia, you could have picked these different places. when you look at the indicators, the african continent is undergoing rapid growth in middle-class development most americans aren't aware of. in the year 2000, 6.7% of the population of africa had access to the internet. talk about the dark ages. 6.7% in 2000. by 2009 it had grown from 6.7% to 27.1% of the population with access to the internet. 78% of africa's rural population now has access to clean water. our images of a backward continent are just plain wrong. our opportunities are unlimited. but not if we ignore the reality. the chinese are going to outthink us and outwork us, and we're going to lose. and ultimately say well, we're pure of heart. we're not going to have our governmen
that's aufplt no government -- that's all. no government involvement. an arms length transaction with these country. you know where we'll end up? fewer jobs in america, fewer exports to africa, fewer businesses working on that continent. some people say why did you pick africa? of all the places. you could have picked asia, you could have picked these different places. when you look at the indicators, the african continent is undergoing rapid growth in middle-class development most americans...
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instead of helped by the government. people who live in remote villages and valleys often find themselves shaken down for bribes by police officers instead of being helped by the police officer, being forced to pay judges to hear cases as opposed to being, expecting that they will get impartial and speedy justice. the government just doesn't work for the people there, unfortunately. >> host: kelly, cottage grove oregon please go ahead with your question or comment for our author, rajiv chandrasekeran. >> caller: hello. i just want to say thank you. i've been wondering about, for a long time, it's like are just talking yesterday with someone, if we took all the money that we've been spending on the war and just help the people. of course, on one person's ideaf help is different. build nice houses, excellent -- the whole nine yards. probably would've come out saving a lot of money. but apparently that's not what they wanted. i just want to say thank you. you've answered a lot of questions in the back of my head you don't r
instead of helped by the government. people who live in remote villages and valleys often find themselves shaken down for bribes by police officers instead of being helped by the police officer, being forced to pay judges to hear cases as opposed to being, expecting that they will get impartial and speedy justice. the government just doesn't work for the people there, unfortunately. >> host: kelly, cottage grove oregon please go ahead with your question or comment for our author, rajiv...
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has gotten out of control, government's run amok, and government's become a bully. and someone's got to stand up to a bully. >> host: november 2012, postelection, what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> guest: boy, that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we're in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they're solid blue. until we figure out what people want, we're not going to win again as a party. >> host: what do you think they want? >> guest: i think they are conservative, they think we should balance our budget, but i also think they don't think we should be at war everywhere all the time. i think they want a little more tolerant policy as far as putting people in prison for possession of marijuana. i think they'd like to see more local judges take care of that, less prison time. i'm not in favor of encouraging people to use marijuana, but i also don't think we should be putting people in jail for it either. >> host: now, this is your second
has gotten out of control, government's run amok, and government's become a bully. and someone's got to stand up to a bully. >> host: november 2012, postelection, what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> guest: boy, that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we're in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they're solid blue. until we figure out what people want,...
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but his perspective, his favorite economist remarked one dublin, and canes, all very pro-government activist, statist from my perspective, i wanted a more balanced approach. saw want to highlight more of the free-market thinkers and what their role was. in fact, the heroic thinker in my book is adams that, the founder of modern economics i discovered by making him the central character of my book and his team of his system of natural liberty which is what he called it in the wealth of nations, i was able to actually tell a story. this book is actually a story that has a plot, hal adams smith and his system of natural liberty are treated overtime, how they come under attack by the marxist, the dublins, the keynesian sense someone, but have they are resurrected, brought back to life and even improved upon by the other schools of economics, the austrian school, chicago school of economics, and friedman and so forth. it's really a unique -- i think have done something really unique. and make a real story with a heroic figure who triumphs in the end. a true american story. the model i see as the
but his perspective, his favorite economist remarked one dublin, and canes, all very pro-government activist, statist from my perspective, i wanted a more balanced approach. saw want to highlight more of the free-market thinkers and what their role was. in fact, the heroic thinker in my book is adams that, the founder of modern economics i discovered by making him the central character of my book and his team of his system of natural liberty which is what he called it in the wealth of nations,...
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the federal government. nobody would pay attention. the first year they would go out and listen to the people. they have the power to subpoena any one. eisenhower said i want to get it passed by congress because my attorney-general tells me that is the only way they can subpoena anybody. given the problems of some people may not want to testify. so they went in the south and looked all over and made recommendations that were controversial but made sense. after they were there for a while it was clear they needed to work on the issues. then little rock have been and civil-rights heated up. it was clear. the commission tried to figure out what to recommend to the government to bring to fruition what the people were protesting about. people were dying and going to jail but they made recommendations about what legislation will look-alike that may alleviate the problems. >>host: to go back, were all members originally appointed by president eisenhower? >>guest: yes. and confirmed by the senate. you had to back then. some people were democra
the federal government. nobody would pay attention. the first year they would go out and listen to the people. they have the power to subpoena any one. eisenhower said i want to get it passed by congress because my attorney-general tells me that is the only way they can subpoena anybody. given the problems of some people may not want to testify. so they went in the south and looked all over and made recommendations that were controversial but made sense. after they were there for a while it was...
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she would have government officials, prime ministers, presidents and earned the reputation as a reporter willing to do anything and go anywhere for the sake of a story. thompson had the guts to ask her american public the questions they did not quote want to think about. mired in the dilution that they were protected from asian and european tumult by two aleutians, americans preferred the roar and affluence of the 1920s. .. has been frozen out along with national celebrity and the total federation of her peers, but it's constance grew and voice echoed across america and europe. just listen to this. in 1936 she was writing a thrice weekly column in the new york herald tribune that reached eight to 10 million readers today, and by 1937 she had received six honorary degrees from major colleges and universities and public radio broadcast on nbc had reached 5 million readers and she was rumored to be running for the u.s. senate. that was true but she was also thinking of running for president. in 1942 through radiobroadcast she would reach ordinary citizens in germany hoping to bring hitler d
she would have government officials, prime ministers, presidents and earned the reputation as a reporter willing to do anything and go anywhere for the sake of a story. thompson had the guts to ask her american public the questions they did not quote want to think about. mired in the dilution that they were protected from asian and european tumult by two aleutians, americans preferred the roar and affluence of the 1920s. .. has been frozen out along with national celebrity and the total...
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it was another arm of the government supporting the newspaper. a magazine called the postern taste the boston sent sensor from a loyalists' point* of view was put together through subsidies for everybody agreed that would allow somebody to show our side of the dispute. i hope that answers your question. >> we think of the newspaper publication today of the network of some tickets and reporters and i have the impression just of printers relying on sources, letters or people who do show up who say i was there. is that correct? >> of first had access to postmasters they had access to the private correspondence. >> that was the case franklin was the most successful printer and became the deputy postmaster and then carries over because it was an interest in the part of the united states government to have information flowing freely. they were ratifying the constitution. massachusetts was very resistant. the supporters would control the mail. the pennsylvania minority for the ratification circulated throughout the country except in massachusetts. they
it was another arm of the government supporting the newspaper. a magazine called the postern taste the boston sent sensor from a loyalists' point* of view was put together through subsidies for everybody agreed that would allow somebody to show our side of the dispute. i hope that answers your question. >> we think of the newspaper publication today of the network of some tickets and reporters and i have the impression just of printers relying on sources, letters or people who do show up...
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he said only -- those that on the contrary to government. the origins of this kind of a monopoly capitalism go back right to the very beginning of the country. >> the system does some of its sharpest analysts and critics have always understood, is full of contradictions. it is important that i be understood not to be arguing because i don't believe it. this is a system, for example, the likes to call one-dimensional. somehow solve its problems and presented a united face that cannot be overcome, that cannot be tracked at the system, not so well defended that any hope of changing it is delusional. and a bully the for one minute. this is as simple of all kinds of problems that it cannot solve , and it is patently obvious. i already mentioned one. it does not want these crises. these are kinds of trouble. in times of crisis people are asking questions which gives opportunity for people like me to offer unusual answers. this is not useful. it's very important. another example. the worst conceivable thing from the republican party and george bush
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they benefit from the belief that government will bail out there-holders. shareholders may like high risk bets, particularly high leverage because they get higher returns from those high risks at least until something goes wrong. by contrast, debtholders have traditionally been a force for moderation in the marketplace because they only get a fixed rate of interest whatever the debt obligation promises and when the company starts to take more risk, it is managed. but implicit government backing of the deaths of our largest financial institutions mean that this market discipline has suddenly been undermined. so today i want to talk about my new book, while some firms thrive while others fail, this builds on my work at the financial crisis inquiry commission. we studied internal documents. i can't tell you how many, from financial institutions and their regulators, interviewed ceos risk officers, bankers, traders, regulators, publishingmakers and other people to try to understand from everybody's perspective putting it altogether what went on here and in 2010
they benefit from the belief that government will bail out there-holders. shareholders may like high risk bets, particularly high leverage because they get higher returns from those high risks at least until something goes wrong. by contrast, debtholders have traditionally been a force for moderation in the marketplace because they only get a fixed rate of interest whatever the debt obligation promises and when the company starts to take more risk, it is managed. but implicit government backing...
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>> my question is, we talked about the government. what about private industry and their support of programs like this? and i know that when i used to work for citigroup, i'm retired now, we had a program where we would have mentoring between our executives and kids in high school or junior high school that would help. are you aware, is that in the book or whatever? >> i will start. tina, who did an enormous amount of reporting on this both for "the times" and our book, "almost home" can talk about this as well. the question is what role does private industry play in helping young people who are holmless get ahead? a great example is in st. louis. the panera franchise works with the covenant house in st. louis to create an apprenticeship as part of panera cares to give homeless young people an opportunity to come into a training center intentionally developed to give them the skills in management, in retail, in the operations of that business and launches those young people into management positions. now i'm not talking about minimum
>> my question is, we talked about the government. what about private industry and their support of programs like this? and i know that when i used to work for citigroup, i'm retired now, we had a program where we would have mentoring between our executives and kids in high school or junior high school that would help. are you aware, is that in the book or whatever? >> i will start. tina, who did an enormous amount of reporting on this both for "the times" and our book,...
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that are good for selling to the federal government. the federal government is a big customer. is this a good trend? is this the way that our economy should be structured? >> yeah. well again, you know actually it ties back directly to the question that you asked. it's a good contextualize asian. one believes in markets and entrepreneur should so they must be over there and then on the other hand i am saying as for president clinton i don't think i've talked about hillary li
that are good for selling to the federal government. the federal government is a big customer. is this a good trend? is this the way that our economy should be structured? >> yeah. well again, you know actually it ties back directly to the question that you asked. it's a good contextualize asian. one believes in markets and entrepreneur should so they must be over there and then on the other hand i am saying as for president clinton i don't think i've talked about hillary li
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he pointed out these people had no history of self-government. religiously or politically they had never been exposed to self-government. religion didn't tolerate it in political culture and family culture does not tolerate it. this is a lost cause. we must not involve ourselves. so he would not involve less in trying to change the culture of the people in the middle east. these are people with no history, political history or religious history of self-government. they don't know what it means. >> and what would you like? >> i'm not quite sure what he was late. >> even federalists would be appalled at the federal government intrusion in our lives today. it is in every area of our lives. veterans commit the troops bedrooms, living rooms, garages, rose, everywhere the federal government is in our lives and that would have appalled the most extreme federalists who founded this type of government. the first thing he would done, patrick and i would have gone right along with him. they would've gone in your bedroom and threats of attack that tag for th
he pointed out these people had no history of self-government. religiously or politically they had never been exposed to self-government. religion didn't tolerate it in political culture and family culture does not tolerate it. this is a lost cause. we must not involve ourselves. so he would not involve less in trying to change the culture of the people in the middle east. these are people with no history, political history or religious history of self-government. they don't know what it means....
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government support foreclosure ssessive borrowing has turned into a national nightmare." the f.h. e.a.s. capital reserve is still well below the level determined by congress to be the bare minimum to cover f.h. e.a.s. future losses. even though f.h.a. narrowly avoided a bailout this year, dangers remain in the years ahead due to its over $1 trillion, mr. president, exposure to risky loans and precarious economic conditions. most of the f.h.a.'s recent actions have only concealed these dangers. for example, instied of adequately raising insurance premiums over the life of the loan, f.h.a. has measured -- has increased upfront premiums to simile cover losses in the short term. loss, upfront premiums can be rolled into the mart balance therefore decreasing equity for borrowers o increasing the upfront premiums could make f.h.a. loans even riskier for both the borrower and the taxpayer who stands behind the mortgage. i believe it's time to face the reality that the federal housing administration's dangerou dangey undercapitalized and because of the lack of serious refor, f.h.a. teeter
government support foreclosure ssessive borrowing has turned into a national nightmare." the f.h. e.a.s. capital reserve is still well below the level determined by congress to be the bare minimum to cover f.h. e.a.s. future losses. even though f.h.a. narrowly avoided a bailout this year, dangers remain in the years ahead due to its over $1 trillion, mr. president, exposure to risky loans and precarious economic conditions. most of the f.h.a.'s recent actions have only concealed these...
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meanwhile, the lincoln government appeared overwhelmed. congress and the white house were in the hands of a political party that it never government before. the treasury department was broke. federal spending was multiplied as never before. in 1862, the u.s. government spent six times as much money as it spent in 1861. and where would it come from? northern banks, and an economic panic had closed their exchange windows in late december, refusing to redeem paper money. meanwhile, rebel soldiers menace washington from nearby manassas virginia where they had routed the union army a few months earlier. confederate artillery they atomic river above and below the n. no one in civilian authority, not even lincoln, had any detailed knowledge of the plans being prepared by the union's top general, george p. mcclellan. he was in secrecy assisted by a small clique of generals who shared his views of lincoln's policies. they were opposed. worse, mcclellan was rumored to be dying. with his plans die with him? under these circumstances, for the first an
meanwhile, the lincoln government appeared overwhelmed. congress and the white house were in the hands of a political party that it never government before. the treasury department was broke. federal spending was multiplied as never before. in 1862, the u.s. government spent six times as much money as it spent in 1861. and where would it come from? northern banks, and an economic panic had closed their exchange windows in late december, refusing to redeem paper money. meanwhile, rebel soldiers...
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there's supposed to be three equal branches of government but we're more equal. we're going to use our advise and consent power under the constitution to effectively undermine and attack the judiciary and the executive branch. that is not what the framers had in mind. show me a "federalist paper" and the discussions over how the constitution was put together where any of our framers argued that advise and consent is designed so that congress can basically damage the executive branch, judicial branch by refusing to consider nominatio nominations. so that's one big change. well, let's take a look at motions to proceed. motions to proceed, we see back here in 1932, there was filibustered. and then we see in the early 1960's a few. and then we see from about 1970, took off. realize that it was not thought that it was appropriate to filibuster just any debatable motion. the idea was it was an issue of deep principle, that you had to make a final stand on to block a bill from passing, that would be final passage. but now, suddenly, oh, hey, we can paralyze the process
there's supposed to be three equal branches of government but we're more equal. we're going to use our advise and consent power under the constitution to effectively undermine and attack the judiciary and the executive branch. that is not what the framers had in mind. show me a "federalist paper" and the discussions over how the constitution was put together where any of our framers argued that advise and consent is designed so that congress can basically damage the executive branch,...
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in the the petting a unit prosecuting fraud against the government, fha, va, that sort of thing. after that was in the private practice of law, business litigation for five years of appointed to the bench, so i was on the bench for 25 years as a judge and now i'm retired and i'm running, as you say, for office. >> what court were you a judge? >> superior court in orange county california, or the state court and over 25 years, pretty much did everything. and as a part of that, you know, and to see turning low-level drug offenders through the system for no good purpose, and eventually in fact it didn't take too long i saw that what we are doing simply isn't working. in fact, the tougher we get on drug crime the softer we get with regards to the prosecution of everything else so robbers, rapists, murderers were able to a state and a lot less accountability because we are spending all of these efforts on the prosecution of the nonviolent drug offenses and it just doesn't work. >> host: >> so what was your attitude towards the drug lawbreakers' i guess? >> guest: >> welcome you know y
in the the petting a unit prosecuting fraud against the government, fha, va, that sort of thing. after that was in the private practice of law, business litigation for five years of appointed to the bench, so i was on the bench for 25 years as a judge and now i'm retired and i'm running, as you say, for office. >> what court were you a judge? >> superior court in orange county california, or the state court and over 25 years, pretty much did everything. and as a part of that, you...
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with government investments and government spending dropping being squeezed every year by my conservative friends on the other side of the aisle, with deficits remaining high, every dollar of sacrifice that the wealthy forego is sacrifice that we will later be asking of real middle-class, modest-income americans. every dollar that the top 2% of taxpayers do not pay under this deal, we will eventually ask folks of modest means to foreg forego -- to forego in social security or medicare or medicaid or head start benefits or other items that benefit the real middle class. i believe it is gravely shortsighted to look at these issues in isolation from each other, especially since the republicans have made crystal clear they intend to seek mandatory spending cuts just two months from now using the debt limit as leverage. so number three, why in this deal do we make the tax benefits for the rich permanent while the progressive tax benefits we put in place in 2009 to help people of modest means, why are those temporary? for example, the estate taxes that benefit the wealthiest are made permanent.
with government investments and government spending dropping being squeezed every year by my conservative friends on the other side of the aisle, with deficits remaining high, every dollar of sacrifice that the wealthy forego is sacrifice that we will later be asking of real middle-class, modest-income americans. every dollar that the top 2% of taxpayers do not pay under this deal, we will eventually ask folks of modest means to foreg forego -- to forego in social security or medicare or...
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john allison retired when the federal government came to him in the financial crisis of 2008 and said you don't need to take t.a.r.p. money, but we're going to force you to take t.a.r.p. money. we're taking over your bank just like all the rest of the banks. that's when he walked out into the night and said, enough. >> host: who are some of the villains in, first of all, in atlas shrugged, b and then how do you fit them into your book, "i am john galt "? >> guest: a lot of the ayn rand fans believe her characters were about politics, but the worst villain was a corrupt businessman who worked hand in hand with corrupt business, corrupted politicians in the an unholy alliance that crashed the economy. and the corrupt businessman who just about brought the whole world economy down in 2008 was angelo mozilo, the ceo of countrywide finance. this was the man who, essentially, invented subprime lending. now, another keevill indiana in atlas shrugged was a super duper financial planner/regulator. the character's name is wesley mooch. in the book we liken him to congressman barney frank. barne
john allison retired when the federal government came to him in the financial crisis of 2008 and said you don't need to take t.a.r.p. money, but we're going to force you to take t.a.r.p. money. we're taking over your bank just like all the rest of the banks. that's when he walked out into the night and said, enough. >> host: who are some of the villains in, first of all, in atlas shrugged, b and then how do you fit them into your book, "i am john galt "? >> guest: a lot of...
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and with the government should help people in need, but i think we're establishing the government should be helping everybody and that scares me a little and we have to take that back and teach people to self-reliance and achievement is what matters. [applause] >> time for the last question. right back here. >> hello, greg. i just got a question a few birdies to working on or have ideas for your next book actually. >> who told you to ask this question? i told you to wait in the car. you never listen, do you? i told you not to let them in. i give you a picture of him. i'm working on my next book, some of the stuff i talk about in here is going to be what i think my book is going to be about. i think. or it could be about 50 things. i really like fuzzy stuff. slippers, cat. you think i'm done yet? i could keep going. i googled up this morning. there's 86 million as he thinks. lint. >> while he continues to think of more -- can i ask that everyone a lot of great to get out this way because it's going to sign a lot of your books. so before we give them a round of applause, thank you also muc
and with the government should help people in need, but i think we're establishing the government should be helping everybody and that scares me a little and we have to take that back and teach people to self-reliance and achievement is what matters. [applause] >> time for the last question. right back here. >> hello, greg. i just got a question a few birdies to working on or have ideas for your next book actually. >> who told you to ask this question? i told you to wait in...
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neither the spanish government, nobody from the spanish government noticed a nobody reported to the embassy, said the next day i watched until franco went by and then i came out of ken and cruised back into the line. it was a great moment, which i enjoyed very, very much. so that gives you a sense of what's in this book in general and how i like to focus on the two stories. and by the way, i will take any kind of questions that you'd like to ask me later on and they can be in spanish, too if you prefer. okay, the martin luther king story. i had happened to mention to the ambassador that i've written my m.a. thesis, my masters thesis on a montgomery bus boycott which first brought martin turow's attention. we all remember that event. and this is why what happened happened because i forget the context, but i'd mention this to him. so that morning, and sitting there and i am reading and like the other spanish newspapers, they tend to be published in tablet form. and on the cover is a picture of martin luther king that the pope paul the sixth. and i'm reading and it says that it's her married t
neither the spanish government, nobody from the spanish government noticed a nobody reported to the embassy, said the next day i watched until franco went by and then i came out of ken and cruised back into the line. it was a great moment, which i enjoyed very, very much. so that gives you a sense of what's in this book in general and how i like to focus on the two stories. and by the way, i will take any kind of questions that you'd like to ask me later on and they can be in spanish, too if...
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our objection has come only when the government here or abroad decides they are going to fund those free materials and compete with a robust private sector industry. then we get a backup a little bit. the final thing i would say is this. if you think about the educational market, the k-12 or higher education market, one of the hardest things for anyone to do is to evaluate the quality of the materials. and yet throughout this country in different ways, perhaps with the texas state board of education you have people without experience in evaluating the quality of materials trying to do it. and the open movement has a burden to carry which is can establish high-quality materials over long enough period of time to compete with the
our objection has come only when the government here or abroad decides they are going to fund those free materials and compete with a robust private sector industry. then we get a backup a little bit. the final thing i would say is this. if you think about the educational market, the k-12 or higher education market, one of the hardest things for anyone to do is to evaluate the quality of the materials. and yet throughout this country in different ways, perhaps with the texas state board of...
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people don't come to america to recreate bad government. and they're watching sacramento reinvent really bad government. [applause] >> we've got time for about two more questions. we'll come right here. >> thank you for coming, mr. speaker. i really was looking forward to you debating barack obama. that would have -- [cheers and applause] been amazing. one of the things that was really noticeable and palpable in the last year of the presidential debates and the candidates was the lack of media objectivity. and as a media person, what do you suggest for this next wave of breitbarts and television and bloggers in order to combat and, basically, silence this mainstream or lame stream media that we have today? >> well -- [applause] and if you go back and look at the debates, i did a fair amount of policing. [laughter] but my first, my first question as republicans look at this, and i've just started at gingrich productions what'll be a six month project of reviewing and trying to learn the lessons at a much deeper level than you're going to get
people don't come to america to recreate bad government. and they're watching sacramento reinvent really bad government. [applause] >> we've got time for about two more questions. we'll come right here. >> thank you for coming, mr. speaker. i really was looking forward to you debating barack obama. that would have -- [cheers and applause] been amazing. one of the things that was really noticeable and palpable in the last year of the presidential debates and the candidates was the...
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government in the wake of 9/11. when, for example, president bush appointed of course in advertising executive and then a political spinmeister to run the public diplomacy section at the state department that i think we are too caught up at that point in thinking of public diplomacy as a way to sell brand america essentially and get people to love the united states. i don't think that's really the point of this. because i don't think that while it's nice to be popular, i would certainly hope everybody would love america as much as possible, i don't think that's the key to victory in the struggle. i think the key to victory is really empowering the forces of moderation over the forces of extremism and violence in the muslim world, and their attitude towards the united states are often accompanied by what they stand on the political spectrum with moderates being much more open to alliance and cooperation of the united states than the radicals. but i don't think the united states is necessary the key to the story. it's
government in the wake of 9/11. when, for example, president bush appointed of course in advertising executive and then a political spinmeister to run the public diplomacy section at the state department that i think we are too caught up at that point in thinking of public diplomacy as a way to sell brand america essentially and get people to love the united states. i don't think that's really the point of this. because i don't think that while it's nice to be popular, i would certainly hope...
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government. they thought if he needed it, it must be serious. what we have today is no innovation. no reform, no new thinking, no creativity, no hearings on waste. no hearings of better ways of doings things. you live until the age of the ipad and the iphone, and of google and a facebook and twitter, and you're faced with a federal government which currently runs at the pace of manual typewriter. [laughter] you have no serious -- in that sense we're told by people who are running a disaster we need more of your money to prop up a disaster. we can't reform. it's a bipartisan failure. now the last thing i want it talk about is how washington would have dealt with this. washington is the most important single american. we would not have won the american revolutionary war without him. we might well not have gotten a constitution without him and might not have been able to find a orderly system of self-government. we stand on his shoulders. and washington was very big on listening to people who knew w
government. they thought if he needed it, it must be serious. what we have today is no innovation. no reform, no new thinking, no creativity, no hearings on waste. no hearings of better ways of doings things. you live until the age of the ipad and the iphone, and of google and a facebook and twitter, and you're faced with a federal government which currently runs at the pace of manual typewriter. [laughter] you have no serious -- in that sense we're told by people who are running a disaster we...
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government invent the automobile? no. >> elizabeth ames, want to like to write a book with steve forbes? >> it was a great learning experience. and i wanted it was almost like, and the way it was like a higher education. >> one of the themes we've been talking with authors here of course is about the moralism or a moralism of capitalism. is there a moral component in your view to capitalism? >> yes, there is. that's going to be the subject of the next book coming out at the end of the month, at the end of august. capitalism is moral because it is, again, it's about beating real-world needs of other people. a free market transaction, a reciprocal exchange but each person provides benefit to the other. george gilder who i saw you into doing talked about it as giving. he's really great talking about that. so capitalism, basically people who believe in big government, they see a free market transaction as a one-sided transaction, that this exploitation. but it's not about that. each side gets benefit. it may not be ideal,
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should congress trust the government? >> thank you for giving me a chance to clarify it that. my point is exactly the same. since the 1930s we have not given the market chance. the system is built up to be dependent on government programs. nobody really knows what a free market system would be any more. i think congress will have a reluctance to go there because congress will be told by the realtors and homebuilders that it is too dangerous. this will ruin the housing market and they will all be blamed for it. it is not impossible to think we will go back to a free-market system but congress will be very wary because that is going into the unknown at this point. >> other questions? over here? >> good evening and thank you for the opportunity. it was an excellent presentation this evening. i am charles madonna will, grad student at --mcgonagle. i am talking about a serious debate that occurred in 2005 in fannie whereby he mentions whether to stay the course and remain as a niche player in the mortgage market or enter the s
should congress trust the government? >> thank you for giving me a chance to clarify it that. my point is exactly the same. since the 1930s we have not given the market chance. the system is built up to be dependent on government programs. nobody really knows what a free market system would be any more. i think congress will have a reluctance to go there because congress will be told by the realtors and homebuilders that it is too dangerous. this will ruin the housing market and they will...
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government. and that gets him a lot of notoriety in the 19th century as well. >> so, where did brigham young come from and began his life? >> he grew up in basically a state western new york. he came from a very poor family. he didn't have any formal education. and was impoverished, really hard childhood. his family moved around a lot. once he was out on his own he moved around a lot. he was a craftsman, kind of a furniture paynter and never really got ahead. in his life entirely changed once he converted to mormonism when he was a little bit more than 30-years-old. >> so how did he need joseph smith etc? >> the book of mormon, shortly after it was published in 1830 some of his family members read it. he later said that he read it and he spent a lot of time thinking and out. he didn't jump on board right away, she was a little bit skeptical and a little uncertain and spend a couple of years considering the claim of this new work of scripture. then he encountered a group of traveling mormon elder
government. and that gets him a lot of notoriety in the 19th century as well. >> so, where did brigham young come from and began his life? >> he grew up in basically a state western new york. he came from a very poor family. he didn't have any formal education. and was impoverished, really hard childhood. his family moved around a lot. once he was out on his own he moved around a lot. he was a craftsman, kind of a furniture paynter and never really got ahead. in his life entirely...
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well, government revenues are now back, back to where they were in 2007. spending in 2007 was about $2.7 trillion. today, it's more than $3.5 trillion. so spending has increased by almost $1 trillion, almost $1 trillion in the last five years at a time when the revenues have stayed relatively flat. but the point is this: the reason we're running a $1 trillion deficit this year and the year after that and the year after that is because the spending of the federal government has exploded in the last five years. and so this isn't a revenue problem. the revenues are essentially the same as they were five years ago. the goal ought to be to get the economy growing again at a more -- in a more robust fashion. so that we're generating additional revenues coming into the federal government that would make these proficiency the dimensions of these problems look smaller by comparison. and that's why policies that hurt the economy, that slow economic growth -- and everybody conclude concludes that raisingn the middle of a weak economy is a bad idea, if you're interest
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in fact, the government is one of level three's major customers. but what they're doing is, essentially, they're allowing the internet to be global. they're the ones tar making the long distance connections and are the kind of base layer that then allows all of the other sort of more familiar network names that we might know, the facebooks and the googles, to ride on top of that. >> host: so, andrew blum, if somebody here in washington sent an e-mail to somebody in kenya, where -- how does that track? how does that track? >> guest: yeah. you could be -- well, it's interesting. if you asked that question two years ago, the answer would be different. today, only recently now does kenya have good, direct physical connections to the internet rather than relying on satellite transmissions. so you can be -- i can m almost guarantee you that an e-mail from washington to kenya would go through a building in ashburn, virginia, owned by a company called ec by new york stock exchange. then you could be 80% sure it would go through 60 hudson street here in low
in fact, the government is one of level three's major customers. but what they're doing is, essentially, they're allowing the internet to be global. they're the ones tar making the long distance connections and are the kind of base layer that then allows all of the other sort of more familiar network names that we might know, the facebooks and the googles, to ride on top of that. >> host: so, andrew blum, if somebody here in washington sent an e-mail to somebody in kenya, where -- how...
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these guys took a great chance and they risked their lives and a lot of people died so we did have a government where the states took place. the irony that i bring up and i read about the tea party is that in fact there is not a lot in common between the contemporary tea parties and the fiscal policy ideas about the fiscal policy. david mccullough on 60 minutes the last few weeks was talking about the fact that we have become historical the illiterate in his opinion and they asked him why that was. i wonder what you think about that. can i ask that question? >> do you agree? >> it is the fault of my wonderful profession. i don't think we teach history as it should be taught. it was a wonderful story about the past that helped to answer questions about our president, and i think the better that we teach history and the further that we get away from the fact driven textbooks and the wonderful stories we tell, the more our children and ourselves will understand how extraordinarily exciting our history is and how important it is to know. [applause] >> next from the georgetown university law center
these guys took a great chance and they risked their lives and a lot of people died so we did have a government where the states took place. the irony that i bring up and i read about the tea party is that in fact there is not a lot in common between the contemporary tea parties and the fiscal policy ideas about the fiscal policy. david mccullough on 60 minutes the last few weeks was talking about the fact that we have become historical the illiterate in his opinion and they asked him why that...
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just between him and mitt romney, but a choice between different ideologies, different approaches to government, between different sets of visions and values. and everything he did in that time frame he kept trying to tether to this big idea he had about a choice. and when i wrote the book, of course, we didn't know how things would end up on november 6, 2012, but, um, i looked at how he developed his governing strategy and his electoral strategy, and it really culminated in november. so this is the back story to what happened in this presidential campaign. >> david corn, "showdown" is his most recent book. we're here at the national press club. >> david nassau recounts the life of joseph p. kennedy, patriarch of the political family that included president john f. kennedy and senators robert kennedy and edward kennedy. the author examines joseph kennedy's career in business and politics which included ventures in wall street, hollywood and founding chairman of the securities and exchange commission. this is a little under an hour. [applause] >> thank you all. delighted to be here. as i tell my
just between him and mitt romney, but a choice between different ideologies, different approaches to government, between different sets of visions and values. and everything he did in that time frame he kept trying to tether to this big idea he had about a choice. and when i wrote the book, of course, we didn't know how things would end up on november 6, 2012, but, um, i looked at how he developed his governing strategy and his electoral strategy, and it really culminated in november. so this...
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i think they saw a quadrupling over a very short period, and that's because the federal government is doing the same thing, it's putting all its business in data centers, and that is being done without much scrutiny. >> host: and, unfortunately, we are out of time. james glanz is an investigative reporter with "the new york times" whose series is available at nytimes.com, or it's available on our web site, c-span.org/communicators. mr. glanz, thank you for your time. >> guest: thank you, peter. pleasure. >> mother jones washington bureau chief, david corn. his most recent book is called "showdown." is the showdown referring to any specific incident or just politics in general, mr. corn? >> well, kind of both. the book is a behind-the-scenes account of what happened in the white house after the november 2010 election when the republicans in the tea party really knocked barack obama for a loop and took control of the house, and then everything that happened after that. the tax cut deal, the big fights over the budget and the debt ceiling and deficit reduction, also the bin laden raid an
i think they saw a quadrupling over a very short period, and that's because the federal government is doing the same thing, it's putting all its business in data centers, and that is being done without much scrutiny. >> host: and, unfortunately, we are out of time. james glanz is an investigative reporter with "the new york times" whose series is available at nytimes.com, or it's available on our web site, c-span.org/communicators. mr. glanz, thank you for your time. >>...
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whether that is congress, whether that's local government, whether that is running for school board. we are taught to serve our country and we will continue to do so. so while it does not necessarily make us all happy when you see folks decrying america, when you see folks talking about peace movements the don't exist when the folks in uniforms are the one fighting for peace much more than the folks burning american flags in the streets of course it doesn't make you feel good. but which should make you feel good is the story of the folks in the books and all the veterans that served. [applause] >> can you tell us if it's going to be available so that we can lead those stories also? >> we had a lot of submissions submissions -- can you hear me? we currently have 63 available, 33 are in the book and 30 are available or will be available soon on the web site and will be published also. i think our target date is the 15th, right at the end of this week to a kindle version and that will be for sale. our objective was to be inclusive with the project and get as many people involved as poss
whether that is congress, whether that's local government, whether that is running for school board. we are taught to serve our country and we will continue to do so. so while it does not necessarily make us all happy when you see folks decrying america, when you see folks talking about peace movements the don't exist when the folks in uniforms are the one fighting for peace much more than the folks burning american flags in the streets of course it doesn't make you feel good. but which should...
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. >> host: government bullies, the second book by senator rand paul, how everyday americans are being harassed, abused and imprisoned by the feds. >> with just days left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end lists of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selections. these titles were included in kirkus book reviews best nonfiction of 2012. in haiti, "the aftershocks of history," law represent pew boy examines haiti's history. david talbot presents a history of san francisco in the 1970s in "season of the witch: enchantment, terror and deliverance in the city of love." in "quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking," author susan cain examines the benefits of an introverted personality. david drayly looks at 1862 and the actions of abraham lincoln in "rise to greatness: abraham lincoln's most perilous year." and in "full body burden: growing up in the nuclear shadow of rocky flats," kristin iverson investigates the nuclear weapons plant that was located near her childhood home. for an extended li
. >> host: government bullies, the second book by senator rand paul, how everyday americans are being harassed, abused and imprisoned by the feds. >> with just days left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end lists of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selections. these titles were included in kirkus book reviews best nonfiction of 2012. in haiti, "the aftershocks of history," law represent pew boy...
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government than mexico's government. the fact is that mexico does not treat the residents of the northern territories well. it's not interested in them. it does not provide them with protection from indian tries, and a lot of the people, particularly, large land ordinary persons in california actually come on board the u.s. cause, and they support u.s. troops. they provide troops with horses and ammunitions issue and those people all lose their land because the fact of the matter is although there are supposed legal rights that are given these people, the way that property dispiewlts play out is in local courts, and they are racist against mexican people. pretty much everybody in california who is mexican ends up losing their lands, and you see similar things going on in new mexico so basically it's really not -- it's not a happy story in any way. in terms of the larger question that you're asking about, attitudes towards mexican people, there's an op-ed piece i published not long ago looking at the u.s.-mexican war of t
government than mexico's government. the fact is that mexico does not treat the residents of the northern territories well. it's not interested in them. it does not provide them with protection from indian tries, and a lot of the people, particularly, large land ordinary persons in california actually come on board the u.s. cause, and they support u.s. troops. they provide troops with horses and ammunitions issue and those people all lose their land because the fact of the matter is although...
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so at the time of the persian gulf war, bud's thoughts were on the fact that it took the government 15 years to deal with agent orange. adding to this was he and his wife's anxiety and the fact that their surviving son jim, who's here in the front row, was deployed in the gulf. and as soon as president bush began the deployments, bud called secretary of defense cap weinberger to urge that daily positions be taken of all tactical units, be recorded so that future studies concerning health effects could take place. should there be chemicals. bud worked tirelessly in this effort. he never stopped fighting for those unprotected. and i think it's a good illustration of the man and his life. so with that, i'll stop. we have time or for questions, i'll take them. i've just tried to introduce you to the story. many of you know the story of this remarkable man h but i'd be honored to take questions. and if you just, there's a microphone over here, we'll start right now. thank you. [applause] .. >> of course, bud was committed to a high-low mix, and committed to a nuclear navy, and was not inter
so at the time of the persian gulf war, bud's thoughts were on the fact that it took the government 15 years to deal with agent orange. adding to this was he and his wife's anxiety and the fact that their surviving son jim, who's here in the front row, was deployed in the gulf. and as soon as president bush began the deployments, bud called secretary of defense cap weinberger to urge that daily positions be taken of all tactical units, be recorded so that future studies concerning health...
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johnson writes in his memoirs at that moment, the power of the federal government began flowing back to the white house. and it did. one of the things this book, "the passage of power," is about, really, is about how lyndon johnson got power back in the white house. what he does with that power once he has it back. this book covers the first forty-seven days of "the passage of power". "the passage of power" from one president to another, up to january 8, 1964. by the end of that time, those 47 days, the passage is over. he has turned jack kennedy's bills, civil-rights bill, tax cut bill, at least started all of them on the road to passage and january 8th is also the day of lyndon johnson's first state of the union speech. the speech in which he makes the presidency his own. with his announcement that america is going to have a war on poverty. if we don't know the man guido, not well enough known in history are wonderful. too many americans live on the outskirts of hope and that is his quote. that is who we have to help. the more detail you learn about how johnson did it, about what h
johnson writes in his memoirs at that moment, the power of the federal government began flowing back to the white house. and it did. one of the things this book, "the passage of power," is about, really, is about how lyndon johnson got power back in the white house. what he does with that power once he has it back. this book covers the first forty-seven days of "the passage of power". "the passage of power" from one president to another, up to january 8, 1964. by...
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it's the only part of government with the senior most people do all the work. think about it. supreme court justices read the briefs and listen to all those arguments. it doesn't work that way with senators or congressmen or presidents. they have people who given summaries of things. it's a great institution. the most important thing for me was just justice powell. he was a truly extraordinary men, someone i worship, became very close with. learning from him and his judgments about people and how to trust people, how to make decisions, how to have the courage of his convictions, the same time to keep as much open, taught me much of what i learned about leadership. >> when i resort about a book on walter cronkite -- >> a wonderful book on walter cronkite by the way. >> i was looking at the history, abc started coming on strong and became the third of the big three. how did abc news did on a parity with nbc and cbs? what's the timeframe that that happen? >> abc news, everyone always says it's the fourth out of three. for the '60s and '70s but it was a very weak news organization
it's the only part of government with the senior most people do all the work. think about it. supreme court justices read the briefs and listen to all those arguments. it doesn't work that way with senators or congressmen or presidents. they have people who given summaries of things. it's a great institution. the most important thing for me was just justice powell. he was a truly extraordinary men, someone i worship, became very close with. learning from him and his judgments about people and...
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whether it was with the state or the national government and one clear difference in the navy and i will take the opportunity for will pull get the army for this is that with the army most officers went with their states. most people are aware of that famous internal debate that robert e. lee supposedly had in the group steps at the wing that he thought all my about what he should do. the navy, not so much. the southern bourn naval officers more than half just barely but just over half actually stayed with the national government. even though they were suffering borne. now you could say that this is obviously because the naval academy understands more about loyalty than they do at west point. >> most of these guys didn't go to the naval academy. >> it was created in 1845 so the senior officers had come up the old fashioned way, the midshipmen in the yard but they but say an officer with some experience looking for an opportunity to command the ship was a the confederacy doesn't have any ships. so maybe my opportunities are great. whatever the reason might be. but sarah get was one of tho
whether it was with the state or the national government and one clear difference in the navy and i will take the opportunity for will pull get the army for this is that with the army most officers went with their states. most people are aware of that famous internal debate that robert e. lee supposedly had in the group steps at the wing that he thought all my about what he should do. the navy, not so much. the southern bourn naval officers more than half just barely but just over half actually...
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it's because the whole state was an insurrection from the government to to the statehouse itself statehouse itself down to the 11-year-old who were throwing bricks at us in the streets. it was total chaos, a little mayhem and even the mississippi highway patrol had pulled away so there was your insurrection. it lasted two or three days. the violent part of it and then after that i was appointed to be the security officer for james meredith and went to school with him, or he went to school and i stayed outside with a hand-picked patrol, 12 soldiers and we were there throughout the year. we transferred back and forth in the army was in place for almost a year until he graduated in august of 1963. i was 23 years old. i grew up in an all all-white neighborhood in south minneapolis. johnson, swanson, peterson and bergstrom and a few italians but that was pretty much it. it was an eye-opener for me but again, we were trained and i am so proud of what the army did. when you write a book, this was my first, the publisher has to say on what the title should be. i call the mississippi morning is when
it's because the whole state was an insurrection from the government to to the statehouse itself statehouse itself down to the 11-year-old who were throwing bricks at us in the streets. it was total chaos, a little mayhem and even the mississippi highway patrol had pulled away so there was your insurrection. it lasted two or three days. the violent part of it and then after that i was appointed to be the security officer for james meredith and went to school with him, or he went to school and i...
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. >> several members of congress have written books this past year including center rand paul, "government bullies," representative john lewis rose across that bridge about his experience. senator marco rubio, biography, an american son, representative tim ryan, a mindful nation, a single practice can reduce stress, improved performance and recaptured the american spirit. a little off the beaten path for members of congress, senator tom coburn, the debt bomb and robert draper has written a book about congress, do not ask what good we do:inside the u.s. house of representatives. do either of you look for these books when they come out by members of congress or politicians? >> i certainly note them but i feel as if from my sense these books are way too entrenched members of congress not only in positions but potentially to position them for future runs weather within their current offices or something different so it seems as if it is more of a calling card than it is furthering their career as doctors , certainly being authors of books. it is a way of announcing to the public they are part
. >> several members of congress have written books this past year including center rand paul, "government bullies," representative john lewis rose across that bridge about his experience. senator marco rubio, biography, an american son, representative tim ryan, a mindful nation, a single practice can reduce stress, improved performance and recaptured the american spirit. a little off the beaten path for members of congress, senator tom coburn, the debt bomb and robert draper...
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it could be a large government organization and the government is level 3 major customer about what they are doing is essentially, they are the ones who are allowing the internet to the global. they're the ones making a long-distance the long-distance connections and they're the base layer that allows all of the other more familiar network names that everybody knows, the facebook's in the googles to write on top of that. >> host: andrew blum, if someone is here in washington and send an e-mail to somebody in kenya, how does that get tracked? >> guest: you could be -- though it's interesting. if you asked that question two years ago the answer would be different. today only recently now, does kenya have good direct physical connections to the internet rather than relying on satellite transmission. i cannot most guarantee that from washington to kenya, would go through in building in ashburn virginia through building called equinox. i could be 80% sure it would then go through six and lower manhattan which is one of the major nodes, the international airport so to speak for the transatlant
it could be a large government organization and the government is level 3 major customer about what they are doing is essentially, they are the ones who are allowing the internet to the global. they're the ones making a long-distance the long-distance connections and they're the base layer that allows all of the other more familiar network names that everybody knows, the facebook's in the googles to write on top of that. >> host: andrew blum, if someone is here in washington and send an...
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were a lot of newspapers but these were newspapers that were aligned with political factions in the government. and so they would talk about, they would write about slavery as politics of slavery were being playing out in congress. somebody presented a petition for the abolition of slavery in the district of columbia, they would write a story about that but about the experience of slavery or the abuses of slavery, they would never, they would never write about. >> and what about the race riot and the trial and the -- >> oh -- >> all that. >> the race riot was very well-covered because it was very shocking. nobody expected that to happen and there was a lot of recriminations and debate and, you know, who was responsible. kind of then the white working men, the riot was attributed in the newspapers to what were called mechanics. and a mechanic was --. >> [inaudible]. >> a mechanic was any kind of working man. it wasn't like our, our conception of an auto mechanic. it was any manual worker. well the mechanics got together, at least some of them said, how dare you say that we did this, you know. w
were a lot of newspapers but these were newspapers that were aligned with political factions in the government. and so they would talk about, they would write about slavery as politics of slavery were being playing out in congress. somebody presented a petition for the abolition of slavery in the district of columbia, they would write a story about that but about the experience of slavery or the abuses of slavery, they would never, they would never write about. >> and what about the race...